Biot - French Riviera


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Biot
Pop.: 7.489 h.

The Department of Alpes Maritimes

Highway A8, exit Villeneuve Loubet, Situated between Cannes and Nice at 3 km from the sea.

This village perched up high dates to 154 BC and overlooks hills covered with mimosas and olive trees. Visiting Biot is to take a real tour through Provençal history.

It's streets and alleys are names accordingly : la Calade, Le Portugon, Le Cul de Sac, La calade des Migraniers, Lei Croûtons, place de l'Airette, rue Rondon, rue des orfevres, place de la Catastrophe (where two houses collapsed on June 12, 1898), and place des Arcades which is outlined on two sides by Romanesque and Gothic arcades.

One can't help but admire the beautiful doors, vaults, stairways, stonework, sundials, cobblestones, and the perspectives from one street to another.

Activities:

Museum of Local History, Fernand Leger Museum,
glass museum, 6 glass factories, pottery factories,
little sightseeing train, hiking (7 trails),
13 arts and crafts galeries (painting, glasswork, sculpture, ceramics, jewelery),
concerts, festivals and cultural excursion from May to December,
street entertainment,walking pilgrimage, outdoor Mass,
year round golf school, tennis, biking, poneys.

Lodging:

Hotel-restaurants

Holiday rentals

Campgrounds.

Neighbouring villages :

Valbonne (9km), Vallauris (10km), Villeneuve-Loubet (7km), Antibes (8km).